Human rights in …

I like philosophy, music, anime, theatre, and art; I had to pause the latter two for a while to become a computer scientist–and, recently, a mathematician. Perhaps in a parallel life1, I am currently performing on a stage and possibly a cubist in another.

In philosophy2, I am mostly intrigued by foundations of mathematics, reasoning, language, morality, and theology (with relatively increased interest in theodicy and Christianity).

These are some selected articles that influenced my understanding:

Here are some works worth reading:

ÉMILE, OU DE L'ÉDUCATION
by Jean-Jacques Rosseau (Quotes)
NO EXIT—AND THREE OTHER PLAYS
by Jean-Paul Sartre (Quotes)
THE TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLIA HEBRAICA
 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Quotes)
Laches by Plato (Quotes)   TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS by Ludwig Wittgenstein Daode Jing by Laozi (Quotes)
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE 37186.jpg
by Kate DiCamillo		     WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE 19543.jpg by Maurice Sendak

Here are the ones I would like to read at some point:

CHAOS by James Gleick SUMMA THEOLOGIAE (by Thomas Aquinas) LE TON BON DE MAROT: IN PRAISE OF THE MUSIC OF LANGUAGE (by Douglas Hofstadter) (*)
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BIBLE TEXTS ILLUMINATED
(by Donald E. Knuth)
DISCOURSE ON INEQUALITY (by Jean-Jacques Rousseau)     DIVINE COMEDY (by Dante Alighieri)

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Quotes

“If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”— C.S. Lewis

“Be guided by beauty. I really mean that. Pretty much everything I’ve done has had an aesthetic component, at least to me. Now you might think ‘well, building a company that’s trading bonds, what’s so aesthetic about that?’ But, what’s aesthetic about it is doing it right. Getting the right kind of people, and approaching the problem, and doing it right […] it’s a beautiful thing to do something right.”— Jim Simons

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”—Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Chapter 2.

“… and whatever a man knows, whatever is not mere rumbling and roaring that he has heard, can be said in three words.”—Kürnberger.

Footnotes:

1

Would you like to split the world? Ok, but not too many times, we are barely surviving in this one: http://qol.tau.ac.il

2

This hyperlink (along with an extensive explanation) was Prof. Edward N. Zalta's response to me when I inquired about the absence of an article defining Philosophy on SEP.

3

When this course was recorded, it was open for free to the public.